Showbiz legend was spotted catching a bit of sun and fresh air with his much younger wife Arlene Silver in this week.
He rang in his 100th birthday in December after months of excited buildup to what promised to be a joyously nostalgic fanfare.
The occasion, however, fell one day before the murder of and his wife Michele - the son and daughter-in-law of Van Dyke's best friend Carl Reiner.
Carl Reiner was the creator of The Dick Van Dyke Show, on which the leading man's character was .
Now, months later, Van Dyke appeared frail and downcast as a man in a t-shirt pushed him along in a wheelchair.
Trailing along not far behind them was his 54-year-old wife, with whom the Mary Poppins star celebrated his 14th wedding anniversary earlier this month.
Showbiz legend Dick Van Dyke was spotted catching a bit of sun and fresh air with his much younger wife Arlene Silver in Los Angeles this week
He rang in his 100th birthday in December after months of excited buildup to what had promised to be a joyously nostalgic fanfare
The occasion, however, fell one day before the murder of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele - the son and daughter-in-law of Van Dyke's best friend Carl Reiner
Silver was glimpsed that day stepping out for a spot of exercise on her own, hauling along a yoga mat and carrying a ceramic coffee mug to the car.
On the Monday after the Reiner murders - two days after Van Dyke's 100th birthday - she had posted an Instagram video about the 'weird, wonderful, awful weekend.'
Carl Reiner was the creator of The Dick Van Dyke Show, on which the leading man's character was named Rob Petrie after the then teenaged Rob Reiner
Now, months later, Van Dyke appeared frail and downcast as a gentleman in a Whitney Houston t-shirt pushed him along in a wheelchair
Trailing along not far behind them was his 54-year-old wife, with whom the Mary Poppins star celebrated his 14th wedding anniversary earlier this month
Van Dyke's latest sighting comes two days after Oscars host Conan O'Brien - another close friend of the Reiners - led a heartfelt tribute to them at the ceremony
Silver was glimpsed that day stepping out for a spot of exercise on her own
She was hauling along a yoga mat and carrying a ceramic coffee mug to the car
Silver was glimpsed that day stepping out for a spot of exercise on her own, hauling along a yoga mat and carrying a ceramic coffee mug to the car
Van Dyke's latest sighting comes two days after Oscars host Conan O'Brien - another close friend of the Reiners - led a heartfelt tribute to them at the ceremony
Silver has revelaed that Van Dyke 'didn't sleep' after the news spread of the killings as he 'wanted to stay up' in order to find out more
Van Dyke's latest sighting comes two days after Oscars host Conan O'Brien - another close friend of the Reiners - led a heartfelt tribute to them at the ceremony.
